“There is another world, but it is in this one,” said Surrealist poet Paul Éluard. In this exhibition, artists look to the future, imagining how we move forward from the tumultuous events of the past year. [read more]
Art in the Plague Year is an online exhibition organized by UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography and curated by Douglas McCulloh, Nikolay Maslov, and Rita Sobreiro Souther. UCR ARTS’s programs are supported by UCR College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the City of Riverside, Altura Credit Union, and Anheuser-Busch.
All works in this exhibition are reproduced with permission of the artists/copyright holders. Works (images, video, audio or other content) must not be used or reproduced for any purposes other than fair use without prior consent of the artists.
(b. 1951, Chicago IL. Lives and works in San Diego, CA)
Personal Inventory
Pandemic is often a time of self-assessment, of inventory. In 2020, we looked inward as our personal worlds contracted. “When they finally expand again,” asks Wayne Swanson, “what will we take forward from the experience?” The photographer found his answer where he was: at home. “The pandemic gave us the opportunity to reexamine all the things that have been hiding in plain sight. To rediscover the things that define us and reveal us. That mark notable events in our lives. That remind us of our own interests, strengths, and sensibilities. These images represent my personal inventory.” Sometimes we do inventories not to tally possessions, but to clear them away so we can move on.
